Military personnel who have been injured or disabled during military service will be able to rely on a military pension, regardless of the timing

ArmInfo. Armenian servicemen who have been injured or disabled during military service during demobilization will be able to rely on a military pension, regardless
of the timing. Amendments to the Law "On State Pension" were approved
at a meeting of the RA Government on October 10.

Presenting the draft decision, RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social
Affairs Gemafin Gasparyan noted that according to the current
regulation it is stipulated that servicemen can receive a military
pension within five years after the corresponding conclusion of the
military medical commission. However, as the Deputy Minister
emphasized, the RA Constitutional Court by its decision of July 12 of
this year found this provision unconstitutional. In this regard, an
amendment is introduced into the document, according to which the
concept of "five-year term" is removed. At the same time, Gasparyan
found it difficult to indicate the specific amount of the budget
allocation, since there is no data on the number of applicants. In
turn, RA Minister of Defense David Tonoyan emphasized that this
proposal is a continuation of the policy of restoring social justice.
He emphasized that, for example, members of officers who died or were
injured while protecting the borders would be able to rely both on
state benefits in the amount of 60 thousand drams and on assistance
from the Military Insurance Fund in the amount of 240 thousand drams.
Moreover, we are talking about the average amount of payments, which
is due to the military rank of a serviceman, the length of service
and other parameters. The Minister recalled the decision taken on the
eve of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, which expanded the list of
military personnel. If earlier only families of soldiers who died or
were injured from January 1, 2017 could count on assistance, now this
period is postponed until January 1, 1998.

RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pointed out the importance of the
decision adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, adding that
the RA government will take all necessary measures to ensure worthy
benefits for all military personnel from the moment Armenia gained
independence. "I urge you to have a little patience, because this is
a big and complicated work," the head of government said, adding that
this is the third initiative to expand the list of beneficiaries.

Recall that on the eve of the Defense Ministry of Armenia a meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the Military Insurance Fund, better known
as the "1000 AMD" fund, was held. As the press secretary of the RA
Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on his Facebook page,
during the meeting a decision was made to expand the network of
beneficiaries of the fund. "In particular, it was decided that from
January 1, 2020, within the framework of the compensation program,
families of military personnel who died or received a disability from
January 1, 1998 will be provided. Undoubtedly, this is an important
decision for thousands of families," wrote Hovhannisyan.